Finally! Supreme Court affirms constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry

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The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling handed down on Friday, has declared that states cannot keep same-sex couples from marrying and must recognize their unions. The ruling extends marriage rights to gay couples in the 14 remaining states where same-sex marriage was previously prohibited.

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U.S. Supreme Court decides federal drug prosecutors had gone too far: ACLU of Virginia agrees

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In a unanimous decision today written by Justice Clarence Thomas about a case out of Charlottesville, the United States Supreme Court found in McFadden v. United States that the Controlled Substance Act and its Analogue Act require the government to prove that the defendant knew he was distributing a substance that is substantially similar to a regulated substance.